Srinagar: Minimum temperatures rose marginally in the Kashmir Valley due to partial cloud cover on Monday as an intense cold wave continued to sweep through Jammu and Kashmir‘s Ladakh region. Kargil town was the coldest at minus 8.6, followed by Leh at minus 8.4 degrees Celsius, a Met official said.[Read More…]
Out of six terrorists that were killed in an encounter on Friday in Anantnag district one was suspected of murdering Kashmir-based renowned journalist Shujaat Bukhari. Azad Malik was amongst those terrorists who were killed in the encounter. He was wanted in the journalist’s murder case. Bukhari was killed while leaving[Read More…]
Allahabad, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday condemned the dissolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Speaking to the media here, the MP from Patna termed the dissolution as a joke on democracy. When asked about working against party interests, Sinha said that he was always a[Read More…]
Jaipur, The Congress on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for using Governor Satya Pal Malik to dissolve the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly “illegally and unconstitutionally”. “We strongly condemn the way the Governor illegally and unconstitutionally dissolved the Assembly. “The Governor has toyed with the Constitution and it was done[Read More…]
New Delhi, Taking umbrage to the sudden dissolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, former Union Minister and Congress veteran P. Chidambaram on Thursday claimed that for BJP-appointed Governor Satya Pal Malik, parliamentary democracy was “outdated”. A day after Malik’s dramatic move dissolving the House shortly after the Peoples Democratic[Read More…]
In a major political development on Wednesday, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik dissolved the state assembly. After two senior state leaders, Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference leader Sajad Lone and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti staked claim to form the government in the state, Satya Pal Malik took the step.[Read More…]
Srinagar, The Met forecast rain and snow till Friday in Jammu and Kashmir as an overcast sky helped marginal improvement in night temperatures on Thursday. “Rain in the plains and snow in the higher reaches is likely to occur during the next 24 hours,” a MET Department official said. The[Read More…]
Srinagar: Militants on Thursday attacked an Indian Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kulgam district during which a civilian was injured, police said. A girl was caught in the crossfire in the Khudwani area when soldiers retaliated forcing the terrorists to withdraw. The militants managed to escape and the injured[Read More…]
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has dissolved the state assembly on Wednesday. After two leaders, Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference leader Sajad Lone and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti staked claim to form government in the state, Satyapal Malik took the step. Sajad Lone stated, his party has[Read More…]
Jammu and Kashmir: In Poonch district, a mine explosion has taken place along the Line of Control (LoC), injuring an Army personnel. Reportedly, the soldier was patrolling in Balakote-Mendhar sector where he stepped on a landmine, resulting in the blast. The soldier has been taken to the hospital.
In a major political development on Wednesday, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), National Conference (NC) and Congress have decided to form an alliance, for providing a stable government to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. According to sources, the alliance would likely be declared by the Wednesday evening and after that, the[Read More…]
Srinagar: Former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday took exception to the remark by lawyer Deepika Rajawat on the Kathua rape and murder victim’s parents. Responding to the family’s decision to drop her from representing the victim in the trial court, Deepika Rajawat had tweeted, “I was there with[Read More…]
A scientific research has concluded a strong possibility of the presence of gas and petroleum in the Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir. According to the study, the origin and evolution of the mountain range resulted in the formation of the sedimentary basins, possibly a source of gas and oil. The[Read More…]
Amidst election boycotts and terror threats, the northernmost Indian state, Jammu and Kashmir, look set to go for the nine-phase panchayat polls from Saturday. The panchayat elections in the state last took place in the year 2011. Talking to The Tribune Dilbag Singh, Director General of Police, J&K said, “We are[Read More…]
Thupstan Chhewang, a Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) member of Parliament from Ladakh constituency of Jammu and Kashmir has announced his resignation from his party as well as from his Lok Sabha seat. Ladakh BJP MP Thuptsan Chhewang resigns from party and Parliament. pic.twitter.com/3SwYd5rVuy — Mufti Islah (@islahmufti) November 15, 2018[Read More…]
Srinagar: With a minimum temperature recorded at minus 6.2 degrees Celsius on Tuesday Kargil town was the coldest in Jammu and Kashmir, as the the Met forecast light snowfall in the higher reaches. Leh in Ladakh region was at minus 5, while it was minus 4 in Gulmarg, 3.2 in[Read More…]
As Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir received the season’s first snowfall on Saturday, most of the Valley plunged into darkness. The snowfall caused major damage to electric lines and almost all districts in Kashmir were without electricity. Meanwhile, heart-wrenching photos of school students writing their examination in candlelight went viral.[Read More…]
Srinagar: Unprecedented power outages plunged the Kashmir Valley into darkness, with authorities on Sunday blaming Saturday’s heavy snowfall for the disruption. The valley witnessed snowfall in the month of November for the first time since 2009. Chief engineer electric maintenance Kashmir, Hashmat Qazi said the power outage was caused by[Read More…]
The snowfall, which began in the higher reaches of the Kashmir valley earlier this week, reached Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. The cold wave like conditions considerably brought down the maximum temperature in Kashmir. All weather stations across the valley Friday witnessed a drop of around[Read More…]
Jammu: Landslides triggered by incessant rains closed the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Saturday, according to a traffic department official. The landslides were triggered after night-long rains in Ramban district. “Landslide clearance operation will be started after the rains stop. Intending travellers were advised not to undertake the journey before contacting[Read More…]
Jammu & Kashmir BJP state Secretary Anil Parihar shot dead in Kishtwar. His brother Ajit Parihar was also attacked and later succumbed to injuries. The shootout took place at Tapal Mohalla. Further details are Awaited
Srinagar: Two militants were killed on Thursday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district, police said. Following information about the presence of militants in Bugoo village in Arizal area, the security forces started a cordon and search operation. “The hiding militants fired at the[Read More…]
Srinagar: Five civilians were killed and over a dozen others injured on Sunday when an explosion occurred a gunfight site in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said. According to the police, despite repeated requests not to visit the gunfight site in Laroo village till it was declared safe, civilians[Read More…]
Jammu/Srinagar: The counting of votes in the Jammu and Kashmir civic polls was completed on Saturday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the largest party in the Jammu province and the Congress doing marginally better in the Kashmir Valley. In the Jammu region that includes the districts of[Read More…]
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) issued a notice to nine students from Kashmir who attempted to arrange a funeral prayer (Namaz-e-Janaza) of the Ph.D. scholar-turned militant Mannan Wani on the varsity campus. Mannan Bashir Wani was a native of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir and was expelled from Aligarh Muslim[Read More…]
